WEB & APPS / 2026
Direct Belize
Multi-tenant hotel website and direct-booking platform, with channel sync to Booking.com, Airbnb and Expedia.
- Client
- In-house product
- Role
- Design, build and operations
- Stack
- Next.jsTypeScriptSQLiteBeds24 channel managerWhatsApp Business API
- Timeline
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The problem
Small hotels and resorts in Belize pay a commission on most of their bookings to online travel agencies, and in return get a listing they do not control. Building a proper website with its own booking engine, and keeping its availability in step with the agencies so nobody is double-booked, has been out of reach for a twelve-room property.
What I built
Direct Belize is a multi-tenant platform: each property gets its own branded website with rooms, live availability, a booking flow with confirmation emails and an admin area its staff run themselves. A channel manager keeps availability synchronised with Booking.com, Airbnb and Expedia. Optional modules add an AI concierge on web chat and WhatsApp that answers from the hotel's own facts and hands over to a person, approval-gated guest messaging before, during and after the stay, rate shopping and pricing suggestions a manager approves, and captioned marketing videos. A super-admin plane onboards properties, issues their certificates and manages leads from the marketing site.
The result
Live at directbelize.com, with Hotel Royal Blue as the first production tenant running its public site, bookings and channel sync on the platform.